Sonora Pass – Mono Road
Toll gate, fine hotel and stables near this spot 1850's. Jedediah Smith reputed to have been first white man to cross over or near Sonora Pass, 1827. Portion of road built by Tuolumne County Water Co., 1852. Surveyed to Bridgeport, Mono County, 1860. Completed 1864 when six horse team took three weeks for round trip, Sonora to Bridgeport.
Marker is on Sonora Pass Highway (State Highway 108) 0.1 miles east of Middlecamp Road, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
